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[tropicalfish]

I did not know which forum to put this in since none of the descriptions matched this topic.

Now, I know, your first response to the title is probably :WhAt??? A SEAGATE HARDDIVE?!?!
That was my first though. I did a reformat this past weekend, and then I ran a hard drive test after the Windows installation. The drive passed-- the PARTITION failed the file structure test.
I am running two Seagate ST3120026A drives. One is much newer. The newer one is the one that is showing up with issues, and has the OS on it. I don't know if the drive previously showed this problem, but the second older drive passes the tests.

I did a bunch of Windows check disk all over it, making sure I checked the "attempt to reallocate blah blah". This, apparently, did nothing. I then reformmatted and reinstalled Windows. Same result. File structure test fails.
Finally, I did a full zero fill on the drive, starting at about 14:00 CDT yesterday, I stopped it at 22:44 CDT at 94%. I assumed this did enough, and I formatted a new NTFS partition onto the drive with the Seagate utility. I did a scan--tests passed.
I proceeded to install Windows XP. This is Windows XP SP1 upgrade disk. It said I needed a previous version of Windows disk, and I dug through my CD collection quickly, and found Windows 95, covered in dust. The CD was in good condition, so I stuck it into the drive. Then it asked for the Windows XP disk. I made sure I selected the option to not do any changes to the file system on the drive.. At this time the drive is NTFS. I install Windows, then it takes forever to shut down. It shows the Shut down window with the color bar still moving and the computer still responsive. After about 30 minutes I hold the power button down to shut it off.
I restart to do the tests again. The drive passes the test, but the partition does not. I loaded into Windows, and the disk scanning didn't show up during Windows boot despite the fact I turned it off manually on the power switch. It seems everything is normal. I do the drive scans and "attempt to reallocate blah" and then do the Seagate drive tests again. The drive passes but the partition fails.

My system specifications are:

AMD Duron 1600
SOYO Sy-KT600 Dragon Plus V2.0
Two ST3120026A (Yes, I think Seagate rocks, ever since our very first 100 mb something Seagate hard drive (I don't use that drive anymore obviously. I opened it up, then threw it away.))
Optical drives... (I don't think exact specs are needed)
A floppy drive
PNY nVidia GeForce FX5500 128 mb AGP

Everything stayed the same as always... except I decided to add a few intake fans directed at the hard drives, I don't think this affects anything.

[viche12345]

Try formatting a FAT32 partition

[TJ33]

There are two kinds of formats. The high level is the one we are familiar with.

The low level format is done by the factory or a factory prep disk. This must be done before the high level format can be done..

In the old days we would send disk back to factory. It was cheaper when a new 10MB hard drive cost $400... The early IBM PCs (Z80 chip) cost $5000.00 (color). We have come a long way haven't we???


New disks come with the prep CD included. If you don't have the original prep disk go to the company website and talk to tech support and see what can be done.

As cheap as disks are today, I would get a new one.... If you have a low level failure, changes are that the problem disk has an electronic failure....

Good Luck

Tj

[tropicalfish]

What is a low level failure?

Don't know why this topic got moved to a "Sell and Buy" Hardware forum...